CULTURAL HERITAGE
MAPPING
Cultural Heritage Mapping is the process of identifying/documenting natural and cultural heritage resources of a specific locality for purposes of conservation and development.
The cultural heritage mapping program of USTGS-CCCPET aims to capacitate the LGUs and its stakeholders through a systematic documentation of heritage resources of their locality. The Center utilizes the Heritage Online Mapping Experience (HOME) online platform developed and customized to facilitate cultural mapping activities.
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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Sustainable Tourism and Strategic Development Planning is a heritage based and strategic forward looking process that involves the community, tourism service providers, and authorities in the development and management of tourism activities.
USTGS-CCCPET collaborates with UST College of Tourism and Hospitality Management through its UST Sentro Turismo to develop sustainable tourism and strategic development plan for a locality using the stakeholders’ participation and perspective approach and statement of natural heritage significance approaches.
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CULTURAL MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Cultural Management and Development Planning produces cultural development plan for places of significance, a guiding document for local government that envisions to provide relevant and sustainable measures of incorporating cultural identity into different facets of development of the locality, its related resources, and the community.
USTGS-CCCPET collaborates with UST College of Tourism and Hospitality Management through its UST Sentro Turismo to develop cultural development plan for a locality using the stakeholders’ value-based and rights-based approaches.
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MUSEUM DESIGN, EXHIBITION AND CURATORIAL PLANNING
Museum Design, Exhibition and Curatorial Planning is a comprehensive process of conceptualizing, curating, planning, and implementing heritage interpretation and presentation. Based on cultural mapping narratives and collections research, this composite activity covers the documentation, layout, presentation, and overall experiential treatment of exhibition spaces and the development of museum organization.
USTGS CCCPET collaborates with the UST Museum, Archivo de la Universidad de Santo Tomas and the College of Fine Arts and Design in the delivery of this museum design, exhibition and curatorial planning services.
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CULTURAL HERITAGE CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING
Capacity Building and Training is a process of strengthening the abilities, skills, knowledge, and resources of individuals, organizations, and communities to effectively address challenges, achieve goals, and adapt to change.
USTGS-CCCPET is at the forefront of conceptualizing and providing capacity building on the development and delivery of cultural heritage mapping, conservation management plan, safeguarding mechanism for intangible cultural heritage, cataloguing and documentation of movable heritage, heritage and development, cultural development planning, conservation and restoration, heritage tourism, and Philippine church history.
The Center collaborates with the USTGS Center for Continuing Professional Education and Development (CCPED), Institute of Religion, CBCP Episcopal Commission for the Cultural heritage of the Church, CBCP Episcopal Commission for Indigenous Peoples and other cultural agencies.
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CULTURAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Cultural education planning involves reviewing the cultural heritage database of the community, interfacing with the education agencies (DEPED, CHED, TESDA), designing education programs and materials that focus on the cultural heritage resources of a particular locality and pilot testing/monitoring the culture based education modules. USTGS CCCPET collaborates with the Institute of Religion to ensure that Filipino values of spirituality, patriotism, environmental responsibility, compassion, sense of humor and resilience are well integrated in the curriculum development aligned to the national agencies’ learning competencies.
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FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT SEMINAR AND WORKSHOP
The activity is designed to provide individuals or groups with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience necessary to effectively plan, organize, and execute successful festivals and events that are heritage based to the locality and rights based to the participants.
USTGS CCCPET collaborates with the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) to balance the production of theories on festival studies and delivery of quality production that would bring pride and achievement for the community.
USTGS CCCPET collaborates with the UST Museum, Archivo de la Universidad de Santo Tomas and the College of Fine Arts and Design in the delivery of this museum design, exhibition and curatorial planning services.
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CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLANNING FOR PLACES OF SIGNIFICANCE and SAFEGUARDING FOR INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Conservation Management Planning produces the principal guiding document for the conservation and management of a heritage place. Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage develops the safeguarding strategies that preserves and enhances the cultural expression. For built heritage, the plan ensures that decisions about the place are carried out with regards to its cultural heritage significance and sets goals and objectives of conservation along with strategies and measures to achieve them. For intangible heritage, the plan provides that multisectoral activities that will promote the proper interpretation of the expression and how this can be a living signifier of the community.
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